Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:12:01
Message-Id: 1389378.eZK8kNWZ8g@eve
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm by Alan McKinnon
1 On Friday 10 June 2011 16:30:16 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:17 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost
3 > Roeleveld
4 >
5 > did opine thusly:
6 > > On Friday 10 June 2011 17:08:40 Pandu Poluan wrote:
7 > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
8 wrote:
9 > > > > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote:
10 > > > >> -original message-
11 > > > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
12 > > > >> From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
13 > > > >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52
14 > > > >>
15 > > > >> >And another bonus is that there are plenty of
16 > > > >>
17 > > > >> funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;)
18 > > > >>
19 > > > >> While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my
20 > > > >> workstation, I'm not sure upper management will appreciate me
21 > > > >> naming some servers DEAD:BEEF or BAD:D06 or A55:401E ... :-P
22 > > > >
23 > > > > Although, why reserve those for servers instead of said
24 > > > > management? ;)
25 > > >
26 > > > There's playing with fire, and there's playing with FIRE. :D
27 > >
28 > > Considering I regularly play with Nitro mixtures and sharp blades
29 > > spinning around through the air, playing with FIRE isn't too bad :)
30 > >
31 > > Besides, how many managers do you have that actually check the
32 > > IP-addresses the DHCP server gives their machines "randomly"? :)
33 >
34 > You have managers that know what an IP address is?
35 >
36 > Wow....
37
38 It is mentioned in some magazines on occasion....
39 Although IP is usually translated to "Intellectual Person" by some and an IP-
40 address is the address of that person ;)
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43 Joost